Kitcher's Revolutionary Reasoning Inversion in Ethics

Clavien, Christine

doi:10.1515/auk-2012-0108

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Kitcher's Revolutionary Reasoning Inversion in Ethics

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Clavien, Christine

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Analyse & Kritik, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 117-128

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2012

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This paper examines three specific issues raised by The Ethical Project. First, I discuss the varieties of altruism and spell out the differences between the definitions proposed by Kitcher and the ways altruism is usually conceived in biology, philosophy, psychology, and economics literature. Second, with the example of Kitcher's account, I take a critical look at evolutionary stories of the emergence of human ethical practices. Third, I point to the revolutionary implications of the Darwinian methodology when it is thoughtfully applied to ethics.

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Kitcher
Ethical Project
Altruism
Ethics
Moral Progress

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CLAVIEN, Christine. Kitcher’s Revolutionary Reasoning Inversion in Ethics. In: Analyse & Kritik, 2012, vol. 34, n° 2, p. 117–128. doi: 10.1515/auk-2012-0108

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DOI : 10.1515/auk-2012-0108

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0171-5860

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